Quoted from IdahoRealtor:That's not how it works. There is no negotiating. The base price is what it is as directed by Stern.
Correction, if a distributor is overcharging you there may be some wiggle room between their bogus price and the base price. I don't deal with that.
You need to talk with other distributors. There is in fact negotiating and I am still not sure where this myth was actually able to take hold.
Stern fabricated the whole idea of "mandatory minimum" sold the distributors on the idea that they needed to push the story to also increase their profit margins and now apparantly Stern turned right back around and raised many dealers pricing (so they get the added profit).
Distributors are allowed and DO negotiate.
